[Ausloco] Chaired rail (was: Cowra-Blayney Line Reopening)

[David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>]

On Sat, 6 May 2000, keith g malcolm wrote:

> Base plates actually. Chairs are only used with bullhead rail, not flat
> bottom rail.

Bullhead rail is also known as chaired rail for this reason. 

As a matter of interest (and not really related to locos), is there any
(non-reserved) chaired rail still around? The Bendigo line had some chaired
rail sidings (e.g. the Down Refuge at Sunbury) until very recently, as did
the car sheds at Ballarat.

There was also some at Newport Workshops laid with iron rail. VR stopped
ordering iron rail in the 1860s!

Cheers
David


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